The Spinster

Name: The Spinster
Rating: 4.333333492279053 (144 reviews)

Bree Wolf

Jan 2019 · Forbidden Love Book 1 · Bree Wolf

144 reviews

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She carries the blame for a tragedy. He carries a heart that never let go. Once bold and carefree, Miss Johanna Grey watched her world crumble the night her dearest friend—and betrothed—fell from the tree outside her window. The grief was unbearable. The guilt, heavier still. For four long years, she retreated from life, certain she no longer deserved happiness.

But guilt can’t decide your future. Only courage can. Now back in London, Johanna faces pressure to marry and step into a life she’s not sure she wants. Kind-hearted Lord Kenwood offers steadiness and warmth, echoing memories of what she lost. Yet another name stirs in her heart: Colin Grenville. The boy who kissed her once beneath a summer sky. The man she hasn’t let herself think of in years.

He left to outrun his memories. But hers never left him. Colin never stopped loving Johanna—not even from across oceans. When word of her return reaches him in Venice, he knows: it’s time to come home. Time to try. Time to hope that she might forgive herself enough to let love in again.

She thinks her past defines her. He’s come to show her that it doesn’t.

🌸 If you’ve ever struggled to forgive yourself—and hoped that healing could still lead to love… this story is yours.

She carries the blame for a tragedy. He carries a heart that never let go. Once bold and carefree, Miss Johanna Grey watched her world crumble the night her dearest friend—and betrothed—fell from the tree outside her window. The grief was unbearable. The guilt, heavier still. For four long years,...

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144 reviews

Patricia Young

August 28, 2023

This is a wonderful story. A young girl develops a fascination with a childhood playmate, not the one her parents had promised her to in infancy. Her betrothed dies in an accident in his mid-teens. The playmate, blamed by the grieving parents, takes off to wander the world, and she is sent to finishing school. She feels guilty because the two boys were trying to "free" her from her room where she was being punished. At school her mind turns interest to love. Upon graduation, she meets a man in the marriage market who seems to understand her preferences for quiet, reading, and sharing ideas and conversation. He offers, she accepts and immediately after, the old playmate returns. She rejects his offer (she's promised to the other.) He leaves again. The new fiance dies and she withdraws completely, rejecting all suitors. Because it's a romance, there is an HEA but I won't spoil the clever ending. The characters are likable, writing clear, and tempo brisk. Definitely worth reading.

Simi Thomas

May 23, 2024

Heartbreakingly lovely tale of fated love that experienced tragical moments indelibly and unfathomably in the span of a blink of an eye before the happy conclusion!

JUST NINA

February 23, 2024

A most wonderful read. 😊

About the author

USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of the LOVE'S SECOND CHANCE SERIES. Bree Wolf has always been a language enthusiast (though not a grammarian!) and is rarely found without a book in her hand or her fingers glued to a keyboard. Trying to find her way, she has taught English as a second language, traveled abroad and worked at a translation agency as well as a law firm in Ireland. She also spent loooong years obtaining a BA in English and Education and a MA in Specialized Translation while wishing she could simply be a writer. Although there is nothing simple about being a writer, her dreams have finally come true.

"A big thanks to my fairy godmother!"

Currently, Bree has found her new home in the historical romance genre, writing Regency novels and novellas. Enjoying the mix of fact and fiction, she occasionally feels like a puppet master, forcing her characters into ever-new situations that will put their strength, their beliefs, their love to the test, hoping that in the end they will triumph and get the happily-ever-after we are all looking for.

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